St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-20
SULLIVAN AFTERMATH.
The Champions Broken Arm. and
Cardiff,s Rig I,uck

Cardiff's Big Luck.
JohE L. Sullivan and his combination
left early yesterday morning for Fargo,
where they appeared last evening. The
champion was not in the best of humors,
the pain from his broken arm and the I'M
satisfactory outcome of the meeting with
Cardlif, as well as the general tone of the
press notices tending to eXasperate him.
II don know as blame people any for
grumblfng because they didn't see a fight
remarked Sheedy. 'HThey should be more
consloerate. though. and reflect that it was
the result OF an accident that could not be
foreseen. This talk about a hippodrome
1augues me-, said he to q morning newspaper
reporter at the meeting. IF John hadn't
broken his arm they would have found out
that 1t was no hippodrome. just as l said
from the stage. That arm has earned good
many thousands of dollars and is worth
q good many more. / would rather have lost
every dollar we took in Tuesday night than
have ii happened even providing that it is as
good as new after two months. People don't
give Sullivan credit for the pluck he showed.
1t S mighty few men who would stand up and
face hard hitter like Cardiff for five rounds
with broken arm. Ever have an arm
broken? No? Well, let me assure you hat
1t S no fun. Of course he can't do any work
1or While any more than stand up and let
the people look at him. When he gets out of
the sling he can throw his arm behind him
and give exhibitions with one hand like
La Blanche did when we were here before.
WIN John meet Cardiff again? 1 can't tell
Not for good many months to come.
When the people who had gone home
cursing the supposed hppodrome got up
yesterday morning and saw that the cham
plon had really broken his arm they con-
siderably modified their feelings. The next
thought was,
IF CARDIFF HAD ONLY KNOWN IT.
he might have been the only man to give
John L.Sullivan the walloping that the peo-
pie have wanted to see him get. If Cardiff
had known this he might not have been so
well off physically as he is Sullivan en-
deavOred after the accident to get him to
lead with his left. Had he done this he
might have thrown himself open and re-
ceived knockout from SullivanS right.
He followed out the instructions of his
trainer, John Donaldson, and waited for
Sullivan to lead, only rushing when lie saw
good openings and being careful to get
away. AS it is, he gets credit for
fighting Sullivan when he supposed the lat
ter had two good hands to use. There is no
doubt that he considered himself extremely
lucky. He not only helped his reputation
by good display Of ability and pluck, but
his share of the gate receipts must certainly
be 50, 500. Five thousand tickets at 81
each and 5000 at 81 each amount to $13,-
600. and he got % per cent. after expenses
were paid. In addition he received $500
diamond pin from John Orth. Jr., and
suit of clothes from Koran, the tailor that
were offered him on the contingent that he
stood the six rounds, which he did easily
enough. He takes his good fortune coolly
and, despite the anticipationS Of some, there
will be no need of enlarging the city limits
i'll order that he may continue his residence
in Minneapolis AS before the meeting he
now says he does not expect to best Sulli-
van, but Is willing to try six rounds again
Oh the same conditions. AS to Killen,
there is little probability that Cardiff will
meet him.
He wont look at Killen now," said Dom
aldson last night. after the way Killen has
done himself up at st. Paul with Bradburn
and with Sullivan at Minneapolis it would
take big inducements 10 get Cardiff to meet
him.
sHEEDY'S FINEssE
as ger is shown by the way in which
he prevented an even division of the re-
ceiptS which a draw would naturally re-
cHve. Donaldson insisted that Cardiff
should be declared the winner. Sheedy
was willing to consent to draw.
THE you must give Cardiff 80 per cent. of
tue recelpIS, SllpulaIeQ DOnalCSOn. ''On,
no you don't" answered the willy Sheedy.
''You get % per cent:-just what the agree
ment gave you. You demand 80 per cent.
and I'll charge so per cent. for managing the
Affair."
1t was about as broad as it was long, and
Cardiff's hacker accepted the horn Of the
dilemma that was offered him. Sheedy
boasts that be never allows ''these fighters
TO get tile best Of him, and, Judging from
this circumstance, he speaks the truth.
KILLEN AND CARDIFF.
The following telegram was received yes
terday by the GLOBE from j. c. Murnane
of Duluth:
L saw in your paper to-day that P. F.
Sheedy offers TO back Cardiff against any man
in the world. l will accept Sheedy's chal-
lenge. viii back Killen against Cardiff for
$1,000 and the entire gate receipts to go to
winner. To show that l mean business.
have deposited $500 in Jay w. Anderson's
hands, business man of Duluth, the fight
to take place five weeks from signing articles
in either of the four cities, Minneapolis, St.
Paul, Milwaukee or Duluth.
JOSEPH c. MURNANE, for Kien.